Training and Education
Southern Methodist University
(Graduation May 2024)
Meadows School of the Arts - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance
Simmons School of Education & Human Development - Bachelor of Science in Applied Physiology & Health Management
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (2020- Present)
Ballet - Carter Alexander, Silas Farley, Leslie Peck, Zack Law Ingram; Jazz - Mark Burrell, Brandi Coleman; Modern - Christopher Dolder, Michelle N. Gibson, Anne Westwick, Myra Woodruff, Zac Hammer
A.W. Dreyfoos High School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL (2016 - 2020)
Ballet- Heather Lescaille, Modern- Branndi Lewis, Jazz- Gary Q. Lewis
Trained in Ballet, Modern (Horton and Graham), Jazz, Contemporary, and Hip Hop
Bruce Wood Dance Winter Intensive, Dallas, TX January 2023
Ballet X Summer Intensive, Philidelphia, PA June 2022
Jacob's Pillow Contemporary Program, Berkshires, MA July 2021 (Virtual) July 2022 (in person)
Martha Graham School Winter Intensive, New York, NY January 2022
Complexions Summer Intensive, Dallas, TX June 2019
Axis Connect Summer Intensive, New York, NY August 2019
Performance Experience
SMU Meadows Dance Fall Hope show
2023 EVƎ by Mike Esperanza, Of Heaven and Earth by Silas Farley
2022 Critical Mass by Brandi Coleman, Risk the Road by Matthew Neenan
2021 Diversion of Angels by Martha Graham, staged by Christopher Dolder & Anne Westwick; Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux by George Balanchine, staged by Leslie Peck & Carter Alexander
SMU Meadows Dance Spring Hope show
2023 Less by Adam Hougland, Snapshots by Pascal Rioult, repetition, repeating, difference by Carter Alexander
2022 A Winter’s Day by Joy Bollinger, Journey by Zach Law Ingram
2021 Meadows Serenade by Silas Farley, We The People by Mark Burrell
A. W Dreyfoos Dance Concerts
2019 Solitude & The Passage by Troy Powell; Rachmaninoff suite (excerpt) by Samuel Kurkjian, staged by Peter Stark; Lucid Dreams by Judine Somerville
2018 Malhari & Sorry by Troy Powell; Heightened 2.0 by Darrell Grand Moultrie; Without You by Solomon Dumas; When I Go by Layla Amis; Goodbye by Krista Ellenson; Cinderella (excerpts) by Peter Stark
2017 11:11 by Salim Gauwloos; After Midnight by Lloyd Culbreath
Additional Performance Experience
2022 Congregation by Sidra Bell, Sheep’s Gothic by Rena Buter, Work in progress by Antoine Vereecken, using the choreographic principles of Wayne McGregor, Contemporary Program at the school at Jacob’s Pillow
2021 More Brighter in the Sun by André Zachery, Virtual contemporary program at the school at Jacob’s Pillow
2018 Ajar by Jennifer Archibald, Modas Dance Summer Intensive Showcase
Choreography & Teaching
2023 Emptying in Presented virtually through the organization Finding Compassion
2022 Ripped Open, 2021 Green Hearts, 2020 Reaching, for SMU’s Student Choreography Showcase
2020 - Present has taught Jazz, Contemporary, and Improv to dancers ages 6-18 at dance studios in the West Palm Beach Area
Awards and Recognitions
2021 & 2022 Professional Advancement Award in Dance from The School at Jacob’s Pillow
2020, Honorable mention, NDEO's Artistic Merit, Leadership & Academic Achievement Award
2020, Assistant for the Competition and Convention, Artistic Dance Exchange
Other activities
2020 - Present, Member of the Meadows Ambassador mentorship program with the Meadows School of the Arts Admission office
2021- Present, Member of the marketing team for the SMU Division of Dance